Like hardly any other Bundesliga club, Eintracht Frankfurt unite triumph and tragedy. The moody diva repeatedly find ways to throw away seemingly secure successes – which gives their haters superb material. On the other hand, the club also has a habit of wriggling out of seemingly hopeless sporting situations.
Often brushed aside around the club is the fact that Eintracht have not exactly been serial German champions. They won the title only once, in 1959, with a 5:3 win after extra time against Kickers Offenbach. Less well known is that they came within a whisker of being champions already in 1932 – if only they had beaten Bayern Munich in the second of two matches within six weeks.